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My Local MP David Sweet is a Promise Keeper. OMFG.

When I had heard that my local MP was a Christian, I automatically assumed that he was of the Dutch Reform variety that populates my riding of Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale. After reading this archived discussion, I discovered that he is a Promise Keeper.

And he’s a Member of Parliament.

That we voted in.

While the Promise Keepers may appear to have good principles on the surface, let’s look at their treatment of women. While they may vow to never beat their wives, that’s about where it ends. Their women can’t work, and they must “submit” to their husbands. See this NOW page for more.

I don’t know about the rest of you ladies in this riding, but for me, the drive to elect the NDP in this riding just got very, very personal.

It is also the case that one of the driving mantras behind the Promise Keepers is that they want to transplant their evangelical beliefs into the public sphere of government, which David Sweet has succeeded in doing.

Let’s also not forget that evangelical Christians tend to disrespect all other religions, including most other Christian sects. If you were voting in David Sweet because you think he’s a Christian, I’d certainly rethink that. David Sweet is as much a Christian as a Moonie is a Buddhist. His movement is a cult, and cult members do not belong in our government.

Turn out on October 14 and vote ABC - I’d prefer that you voted NDP but those are my beliefs and my beliefs only. Gordon Guyatt is a solid candidate with 25 years as a doctor at McMaster and as head of an advocacy group which has been fighting to keep health care public for those same 25 years. I think he’s got a few more qualifications than a Bible-thumping cultie.

Update:

Not only is David Sweet a Bible-thumping cultie; apparently he tried to hide it in the last election. Let’s add “shifty” to that description. Wait a minute - aren’t Promise Keepers supposed to pledge to tell the truth? How does this mesh with politics?

Yeah… electing this guy for a second term is just not a good idea.

Update 2: But Wait, There’s More…

http://davidsweetwatch.blogspot.com/2007/02/in-his-own-words-part-1.html

David Sweet said, in this article, that “(M)en are natural influencers, whether we like it or not. There’s a particular reason why Jesus called men only. It’s not that women aren’t co-participators. It’s because Jesus knew women would naturally follow.”

O Really. How about following my hand and the hands of thousands of other women - and men - who will vote you the hell out of our riding, you misogynist goon.

Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Canada Copyright Reform, State of Women.
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